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Tuesday, 20 August 2013

Dr.Babasahed Ambedkar International Airport

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport is located in
Nagpur, Maharashtra. The airport is named after the great politician and father
of Indian Constitution, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. It was constructed in the year
2005 and is spread in an area of about 1500 acres.

The airport serves a huge amount of rush of almost 4000
passengers in a day. Not only this, it also witnesses both domestic and
international flights on a daily basis, which are almost seven domestic and 2
international flights. The international flights connect Nagpur city to
Sharjah.

The airport is constructed in a most modernized way, taking
care of all the facilities of the passengers including parking facility. It is
also called as the Multinational Hub of Airport. The presence of such an airport
take cares not only a huge rush of passengers, but also make Nagpur city as one
of the most economic and business centers hub in India. Airport Authorities of
India has spent almost 80 Crores of rupees in order to compete with
international standards.

If we discuss about the history of airport, it was
commissioned at the time of First World War during the year 1917-18. Now due to
the presence of so many passengers, a number of steps were taken by the
government to manage such a huge rush.

In the year 2008, a new building was constructed at the
airport terminal which was made up of glass and concrete to make it look most
modern. Further, the airport’s terminal building is well connected to the
highway in order to provide the necessary facilities to passengers like
sanitation facilities, ATM, communication etc. The building, called as
integrated building is well equipped with CCTV cameras, other electronic
surveillance systems, etc.

Parking system is also provided at the airport which can
accommodate at least 600 cars at a time. This has almost ended the problem of
parking and handling of such a huge traffic at a time. It also has some other
necessary facilities like restaurant, child care rooms, snack bar etc.

The airport
witnesses a number of airline carriers like Air Arabia, Air India, Indigo, Jet
Airways etc. All the flights from the airport go to the various destinations
like Sharjah, Delhi, Mumbai, Raipur, Goa, Indore etc.